Suspender-buckle



I. KELLEY. Suspender-Buckle.

No. 223,359. Patented Jan. 6,1880.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FERGUS KELLEY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,359, dated January6, 18 80.

Application filed December 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FERGUs KELLEY, ofAnsonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender- Buckles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of buckles knownas top-lever buckles, its object being to guard against the overstraining and consequent displacement of the lever from the buckle-frame, and toprevent the tearing of the-shirt of the wearer by projecting rivet ends.

It consists in pivoting the ears of the lever to those of the'frame bymeans of pivot-pins, each of which is provided at its middle portionwith a fixed collar, which stands between the frame-ear and lever-ear,these cars and the collar preventing the pivotpin from slipping eitherinward or outward, to permit the de- The portion of the pivot-pin whichhas its bearing in the frameear I make of a length equal to or less thanthe thickness of the ear, and thus the collar prevents said pin fromprojecting beyond the outer surface of the ear and accidentally tearingthe shirt or the lining of the vest of the wearer.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a buckle embodying myimprovements; Fig. 2, a perspective sectional view of the clampingleverand buckle-frame; Fig. 3, a sectional view on the linear w of Fig. 4.Fig. 4is a view of the rear side of a buckle embodying my invention.

The letter A indicates a buckle-frame, havpin E has formed around itsmiddle a collar, F, the end g on one side of said pin having a lengthequal to, or it may be a little less than, the thickness of the ears ofthe frame, while the portion on the other side of the collar may be alittle longer. The width of the lever at its wide end and the distanceapart of the ears of the frame are, relative- 1y, such that when theparts are placed together, as in Fig. 1, the collars F fit easilybetween the adjacent ears of the frame and lever, and thus the pin, evenif not otherwise secured, is prevented from slipping in eitherdirection. The length of that portion, g, of each pivot-pin which restsin the frame-ear being only equal to or less than the thickness of thecar it is revented from ro'ectin outward beyond the ear and tearing theclothing of the wearer.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with a buckle-frame havingperforated lever-snpportin g ears and a lever having similar ears, ofthe pivot-pins having collars adapted to fit between the adjacent carsof the frame and lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the frame having lever-supportin g ears and thelever, ofthe pivotpins having the collars arranged between the said earsand lever, and having their portions which take into the said ears of alength equal to or less than the width of the same, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have'hereunto set my hand inthe presence of the subscribing witnesses.

rnneus KELLEY.

Witnesses W 'F. OBNUR, FRANKLIN BURTON.

